Resume
Zaid · Software Engineer
Summary
Systems-oriented engineer with experience across distributed backends, cloud infrastructure, AI-native tooling, and full-stack product development. Built and shipped production systems at scale - from campaign platforms processing millions of events to real-time trading infrastructure serving 350k+ users.
Experience
Full detailAbsinthe Labs · NYC, US (Remote)
- Owned core campaign and incentives platform end-to-end - 100+ production features across distributed backends, identity verification, and high-throughput data pipelines
- Engineered distributed ingestion systems handling millions of submissions with concurrency-safe processing and rate limiting
- Built a CDXP end-to-end - funnel analytics over ~2M user events with drop-off detection, cohort segmentation, and dashboards that surface conversion bottlenecks in real time
- Built an AI-powered website editor inside the platform - natural-language edits, live preview, and structured diff commits, alongside a reputation-based identity verification system using non-transferable NFTs
- Reduced infrastructure costs from $300/day to $500/month (94% reduction) via containerization and deployment redesign
IG Group · Bangalore, India
- Migrated on-prem Spring Boot trading systems to AWS using Terraform - 35% cost reduction, 99.99% uptime, sub-50ms latency for 350k+ traders
- Built distributed Kafka pipelines and WebSocket services for real-time trading data sync between cloud and on-prem systems
- Deployed Spring Boot microservices on Nomad processing 10k+ Kafka events daily with zero downtime
Bloom · London, UK (Remote)
- Co-founded multi-tenant apprenticeship platform for African markets - 1,200+ users, 50+ programs, 15+ partner organizations
- Designed multi-tenant backend with Supabase RLS, PostgreSQL triggers, and real-time messaging via LISTEN/NOTIFY
- Integrated Paystack Split Payments for automated mentor payouts with regional compliance
Graviti · Remote
- Built real-time order tracking platform using Google Maps, WebSockets, and geolocation for 100+ manufacturers and transporters
- Developed backend REST APIs synchronizing live location and order status across distributed logistics workflows
- Engineered custom in-browser PDF/image viewer with React and PDF.js for cross-device document rendering
Skills
Languages & Frameworks
Java, Spring Boot, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, React, Next.js, Node.js
Infrastructure & Data
AWS, Docker, Terraform, Kafka, Nomad, PostgreSQL, dbt, GraphQL
Tools & Platforms
Git, Supabase, Hasura, Vercel, Linux, CI/CD
Education
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science
Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bangalore
Projects
See allAI-native engineering ops that converts tickets into production-ready PRs via multi-agent orchestration. Sold to 2 startups.
Semantic search over your contacts - ask your network questions in plain English. 4 paying customers in the first 2 weeks.
Local-first voice-to-text for macOS using Whisper + Apple MLX. Sub-300ms latency, fully offline.
LLM-maintained personal and shared second brain. Raw notes in via Telegram, structured wiki pages out. Live at /brain.
Neuroscience-inspired engagement predictor for video. FastAPI + Next.js + R3F brain viz with a swappable signal pipeline.
Free Mac desktop recorder - screen, webcam, and mic captured in a single pass with a cinematic cursor spotlight. Open-source alternative to Screen Studio.
This site. Reads my wiki via git submodule and renders an Obsidian-style graph - one unified content system across blog, projects, and brain.
Co-founded multi-tenant apprenticeship platform for African markets. 1,200+ users, 50+ programs, split payments, real-time messaging.
One-click deployment platform for Next.js - auto-detects framework, containerizes, and ships to AWS. Archived; engine lives on as Build Service.
Real-time logistics tracking with WebSocket-powered live vehicle and order updates across 100+ manufacturers and transporters.